[TowerTalk] Removing ground rods

[John Simmons]

I saw a backhoe pull out a stubborn ground rod and it came out shaped 
like a giant corkscrew. It wasn't much good after that.

-de John NI0K

Gene Smar via TowerTalk wrote on 3/30/2021 11:35 AM:
> Pete:
>
>       I'd recommend you use the car jack once again, but this time wrap a
> couple of turns of heavy chain around the rod underneath the vice grips and
> loop the chain over the jack's hook.  Put wood planking underneath the jack
> base to keep it from sinking into the earth and crank the jack.  You may
> have to move the vice grip and chain lower after lifting the jack every few
> inches.  This approach worked for me when I had to remove my 18AVT vertical
> and ground rod to make way for my tower.
>
>       Good luck.
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Paul
> Beckmann
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 11:07 AM
> To: Joseph DeVincentis <jd at ko8v.net>
> Cc: TowerTalk <TowerTalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Removing ground rods
>
> The T-post puller that Joe suggests is a great approach. You'll need to
> figure out a choker or some other connection to the hook that would normally
> hook onto the T-post. If you set up a choker (a wire or chain with a loop on
> one end and a slip knot on the other), make it reach ground level when the
> handle is fully up. Because the choker will slide down the ground rod on the
> upstrokes, you should be able to walk it out of the ground.
>
> --Paul, wa0rse
>
>
> *Paul Beckmann*
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> *30125 719th Street*
> *Lake City, MN 55041*
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>
>
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:51 AM Joseph DeVincentis <jd at ko8v.net> wrote:
>
>> I've done two things.
>>
>> 1.  Use a fence post puller similar to this:
>> https://amazon.com/T-Post-Puller-Fence-Post-36/dp/B088SV1MPD/ref=sr_1_
>> 5?dchild=1&keywords=fence+post+puller&qid=1617115713&sr=8-5
>>
>> 2.  When that doesn't work, use an angle grinder with a cut off wheel
>> and cut it off about 6" below the surface and abandon it.
>>
>> Joe,
>> KO8V
>>
>> On Mar 30, 2021, at 10:44, N4ZR
>> <n4zr at comcast.net<mailto:n4zr at comcast.net>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone got an innovative way of getting 8-foot ground rods out of the
>> ground? I'm taking down my 160M RX and TX setups for the summer and
>> have one stubborn one.  I've tried the visegrips and even tried to use
>> my car jack to press against the visegrips, but the ground is too soft
>> and uneven for that to work.
>>
>> --
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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